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When Templates Are OK — And When They're Not, According To CMS

Published on Fri Nov 16, 2018

Not sure if your certifying physicians should use templates to support your patients’ home care? A new Program Integrity Manual indicates it’s OK — sometimes. The PI Manual already indicated that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services “does not prohibit the use of templates to facilitate recordkeeping,” notes CR 10930 issued Oct. 12. But the change adds this italicized [...]
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